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Bitcoin mania: India gets its first mobile app for ...

At a press conference here, Pluto Exchange Founder and Chief Executive Bharat Verma said that his company is all set to launch the country's first app-based wallet that...

Bitcoin breaches $10,000 mark; should you still bother to ...

Warren Buffet last month called bitcoin as a real bubble. In September this, JPMorgan Chase, Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon called bitcoin "Fraud" "worse than tulip bulbs." But, not just individuals but even countries seems to be divided on this issue. Firstpost spoke to K. Vaidyanathan, Lecturer Finance at India School of Business regarding bitcoin and crypto-currency in general.

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Bank of Israel is looking into issuing digital currency to ...

The Bank of Israel is examining issuing digital currency as a means of creating a faster payments system as well as reducing the amount of cash in the economy, a central bank source said on 24 December, though he stressed no decision had yet been made.

The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, also said the government was ready to legislate or include the issue in its 2019 budget and...

Currency back in circulation at 91%, digital payments up ...

The number and value of digital payments has increased compared with the pre-demonetisation level, but by varying extents each month.

Although there is a 6 percent increase in the value of digital payments recorded in October 2017 (Rs 99.3 lakh crore) over November 2016 (Rs 94 lakh crore), there is much monthly variation.

Source: Reserve Bank of India / National Payments Corporation of India ;...

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